Merit Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (ISSN: 2354 2354-323X) Vol. 3(3) pp. 092-095,, March, 2015 Available online http://www.meritresearchjournals.org/mms/index.htm Copyright © 2015 Merit Research Journals
Original Research Article
Severe asthma in childhood and allergens Snezhina Lazova MD, Guergana Petrova MD, PhD*, Dimitrinka Miteva MD, Vera Papochieva MD and Penka Perenovska MD, PhD Abstract
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Sofia; Pediatric clinic, UH “Alexandrovska” 1 G. Sofijski bld, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria *Corresponding Author’s E-mail:
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We evaluated the 29 children – 14 with Severe Asthma (SA) and 15 with moderate asthma – control group (CG). All children were tested for specific IgE. All SA children had concomitant allergic rhinitis in contrast to only 2 (13,3%) with CG. Higher eosinophil levels were found in SA group (p0,05 p>0,05 p>0,05 p>0,05 p
